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I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international
consultants. About living in Italy, the Veneto area near Venice; in Indonesia,
central Java. Why we love the southeast of the United States and moved back from
Italy. Our love for gardening, the botanical way. Sharing with you our manifold
treasures from exotic places and even offering several in my Mariette's Back to
Basics LLC Boutique, for others to enjoy. As well as high end silver items from
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also do classes and consulting... too much to list here! Check out my google.com/+MarietteVandenMunckhofVedderABOUT page, where you see my other LINKS and email address; you just scroll down.Thanks!

Love to
bring back some romance and quality to the daily life of others...

This is husband Pieter at a Shii-take farm...After lunch, Pieter did lecture for the Fuzhou Academy on March 27, 1987. His translator already got better acquainted with the topic, after his first time in Beijing...There were several meetings with the Center of Trade etc.

Walking around the city, it again was quite obvious that most people used their bikes!One can tell it is 2,000 kilometer to the south, more green and people are not that bundled up as in Beijing.

Laundry is hanging outside almost everywhere.

Most are in their shirt, without a coat or jacket...

City life...

In East Asia it always looks like one half of the population is selling something to the other half...

Guess they had not often seen tourists...

Police is watching out...

Balconies seem to be loaded with plants...

Again laundry hanging to dry from the balconies and windows.

Plants and laundry and one can see the construction with some bamboo poles for hanging things...

Very narrow alleys!

Bikes and laundry hanging from the balcony.

More laundry...

Even hanging from the tree!

Going home with a life chicken...

Just interesting to walk a bit around...

More green trees here.

No markings on the road...

Like mentioned before, everybody seems to be selling something...

Looks like this kid had more often an ice cream...

Did you notice his 'sleeves'?
Guess that is for protection or what... Does anyone know about this?
Is that where the saying 'Having something up your sleeve' comes from?

Everything is being done at street-side...

Nice, road repair or whatever, in front of this shop...

Some goat meat for sale...No, thanks!

Any chicken?

That was Fuzhou, People Republic of China for a 3-night stay.
Next we will go from Guangzhou, which is even more south from Fuzhou, to Hong Kong by train...

Those are such interesting photos! Looks like a very busy city. Hanging laundry reminds me of Japan. Though, I haven't seen laundry hung from tree before :-) Love your header. What a beautiful spring scenery! Have a wonderful weekend, Mariette. Happy April!

Loved seeing Pieters photos of his trip to China and must be an interesting place. My sister in law went over to the country side of China to teach some of the growers about kiwifruit and could not get over the squat bathroom out in the open fields. They asked her to go a second time but she did not want to go. Hong Kong was like that with washing hanging out on the balconies.Have a great weekend dear friendhugsCarolyn

I have so many people used their and not that handled up as in Beijing. East Asia it always selling with other half eaches. Plants and laundry for hanging things Bikes and laundry at balcony.walk for bit around.Have a wonderful weekend.Dear Mariette!Michiko

Hello Mariette, Everything you show here can still be seen in Taiwan (and likely other Asian countries). The sleeve protectors are still readily available; they used to have them in the U.S. also; one sometimes sees them in old period-set movies.--Jim